quinta-feira, dezembro 02, 2010

[International]English Version of Best Practices Guide for Trans Health Care PublishedIn October 2010, the Spanish Network for Depathologization of Trans Identities published a document designed to promote non-pathologizing health care policies. This week the English translation of the Best Practices Guide has been launched. This effort is part of the international campaign "Stop Trans Pathologization" (STP 2012) that on Saturday October 23, 2010 celebrated demonstrations and activities in 61 cities around the world.

[India]Transgenders: Centre silent on PILThe Central government on Tuesday yet again failed to file its response and take a categorical stand in response to an ongoing public interest litigation (PIL) demanding reservation for eunuchs in government jobs.

[India]Transgenders sans `ID proof' turned away from hospitalsTreatment might be free at government hospitals but the transgender community approaching the state-run Anti-Retrovial Therapy (ART) clinics for HIV treatment is being asked for a price - an `ID proof'. And, if they do not have one, they are being turned away. In fact, hospitals insisting on an address or even a ration or PAN card has ensured that an alarming 50 per cent of all the patients visiting the hospital for HIV/Aids treatment are being turned away as they do not have these documents in place. A chunk of them are from the transgender community.

[China]Hermaphrodite's sad taleA 20-year-old university student from Pengshui county, Chongqing Municipality is facing a hard choice: to become a man or a woman after doctors at Southwest Hospital found that she is a hermaphrodite.

[Thailand] [Commentary]Karla Cripps: 6 reasons Bangkok’s ladyboys annoy meWhen it comes to Thai national symbols, ladyboys are as iconic as tuk tuks and tom yum goong.Without getting into a sociological exploration of 'katoeys' and Thai society, the gist of the situation is that though they do face stigmatization from some corners of society, ladyboys are generally accepted by the public. Many have become huge TV celebrities.That’s not why they bug me. In fact, I admire ladyboys' tenacity and unwillingness to conform.My issues with ladyboys -- and yes, I'm going to generalize -- extend into the realm of jealousy with a side order of self-loathing and fear.Here are six reasons I get uneasy every time a hot-looking ladyboy crosses my path.

[Malaysia] [Commentary]Thoughts on TDORTDOR, or the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, falls on November 20th every year. Established in 1998, the day’s main event is the reading of the names of members of the transgender community who lost their lives throughout the entire year, with the lighting of candles.

[Cambodia]Little support for LGBT: studyHENG Sreyleang*, a lesbian living in Battambang province, says she has no recourse to challenge her parents, who intend for her to marry a man.

[Japan]Hyogo junior high school to accept gender identity disorder child as female studentA junior high school in Hyogo Prefecture will accept an 11-year-old elementary school boy with gender identity disorder (GID) as a female student from next spring, a regional board of education has announced.The child has been attending a local elementary school as a girl since the first year, and no students at the school are believed to know about the child's disorder.

[Canada]A safe space for Latino drag queensWith bulky luggage in tow, Juan Antonio Nunez and Herberth Menendez gracefully take a seat at a meeting table and lay out their mirrors, makeup kits, wigs and size-10 stilettos.As they apply eye shadow, lipstick and Mac foundation to cover their handsome, manly features, the two men, both from Mexico, whisper and chuckle in their mother tongue.This tiny space at the Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples in Toronto’s gay village at Wellesley and Church Sts. makes them feel at home – a far more welcoming place than the homes they fled in Latin America.

[USA]LPGA drops 'female at birth' clause for membersThe LPGA voted a monumental change to its constitutional bylaws Tuesday that will no longer require its members to be “female at birth.”The move to amend the bylaws to allow transgender membership was easily passed in a vote in a players meeting at the Grand Cypress Hyatt just down the road from the site of this week’s LPGA Tour Championship. GolfChannel.com first reported two weeks ago that the bylaw change was in the works.

[USA] [Commentary]Why It's Important To Claim The 'Trans' LabelWhile surfing the Web Sunday night was involved in a FB discussion which started when a person made this comment.I do not publically identify as transsexual as the entire point, for me anyway, is to be perceived as what I am: female. Nothing more, nothing less.To which I immediately responded to that personRunning away from the trans label is like me trying to deny I'm Black.She huffily fired backI'm not running from it, I just refuse the label. I don't want that label.

[FL, USA]Students advocate for transgender policy changesTransitioning from high school to college can be a socially stressful situation for any student. But doing so while while changing one's gender provides added difficulties.Though resources such as the USF Counseling Center help to make this transition smoother, some students feel the University can do more to create a gender-neutral atmosphere.

[MA, USA]Lorelei's struggle as a transgender womanAs part of a three-week series running on Wednesdays, Metro will post the stories of three transgender Bostonians and the struggles they've faced on their journey. Their lives are featured as part of a new public education campaign sponsored by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition originally featured in Metro on Nov. 16. In the series' last installment, we hear from Lorelei, a self-described improviser, adventurer, pageant queen and a transgender woman. (Photo)

[PA, USA]Murder suspect pleads not guiltyA transgender defendant accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death in August pleaded not guilty to murder charges in Montgomery County court Tuesday.Asia Santana, 40, whose legal name is Tyrone Crawley, reportedly got into an argument inside a Moore Street house Aug. 13 with 28-year-old Eric Nevith, who Santana allegedly stabbed in an upstairs bedroom, according to court papers.